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Machida defense narrow success

LOS ANGELES — Lyoto Machida ran into the first real adversity of his Ultimate Fighting Championship career on Saturday night.

Karate expert shows serious chops in rising to top in UFC

LOS ANGELES — The mere mention of the word karate used to conjure up images of Ralph Macchio painting fences and standing on his one good leg to finish off one of the bullies from Cobra Kai.

Fighter salutes Mexican roots

Cain Velasquez keeps his immense pride in his Mexican heritage close to his heart.

Hard knocks school Rua

When the Ultimate Fighting Championship purchased Japan-based Pride Fighting Championships in 2007, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was one of the crown jewels of the acquisition.

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Miller aims to impress audience

Mixed martial arts’ return to network television is being built around Fedor Emelianenko.

Rothwell steps up into the spotlight

After years of bouncing around from one upstart organization to another, Ben Rothwell finally signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in August.

Cerrone’s jabs target champ, not next foe

Donald Cerrone doesn’t like Jamie Varner and has made that abundantly clear to anyone who will listen during the buildup to his main event fight on Saturday in San Antonio.

Mayorga, Walker take new challenge

Two professional athletes who have made names for themselves in other sports made separate announcements that they plan to compete in mixed martial arts.

Griffin prefers quick win over another UFC bonus

Tyson Griffin’s name has never been on an Ultimate Fighting Championship marquee. That hasn’t stopped the diminutive Las Vegan from stealing a few shows.

Trigg returns to UFC in search of elusive title

Frank Trigg has been as close to winning an Ultimate Fighting Championship title as one can get without actually having the belt secured around his waist.

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